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Guilty of eBay sale

A Seaford woman has been fined $400 for selling a state-prohibited
weed on
internet auction site eBay.

The 42-year-old woman pleaded guilty to selling a number of highly
invasive water hyacinth plants on eBay in the Frankston
Magistrates' Court
last week.

An Edithvale man is also expected to face court later this month
after
being charged with attempting to sell water hyacinths on eBay.

The Department of Primary Industries was first alerted about the
sale of
the weeds on eBay early last year by one of its volunteer Weed
Spotters.

DPI officers have since seized about 160 water hyacinth plants in
Victoria.

By Paul Sellars
The Weekly Times
March 7, 2007
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